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The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization has designated Thomas Reed Sink as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law.
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Sink Law Office represents clients in the following practice areas:
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Estate Planning
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Estate and Trust Administration
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Trusts, Wills and Probate Law
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Powers of Attorney
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Tax
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Advance Health Care Directives
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Real Property
Estate planning commonly involves such instruments as trusts, wills, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, deeds, assignments, gift tax returns, property agreements, letters of instruction, and the proper execution and planning of beneficiary designations for IRA;s, pensions and retirement plans, annuities, life insurance policies and other "payable on death" contracts and arrangements.
Estate Administration typically includes probate or trust petitions and related procedures, spousal petitions, inventories, appraisals, sales, creditor proceedings, accountings, deeds, assignments and other transfers, state and federal death, gift, and income tax returns, county property tax assessment issues, joint tenancy and surviving spouse estate plan updates.
Conservatorships and Guardianships also fall within the purview of the Probate Court.
Real Property law often entails purchase, sale and transfer transactions, co-ownership agreements, partition, quiet title and other title issues, encroachments, easements, leases, options, environmental concerns and land-use matters.
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